Reuters: Trade and investment ministers from G20 countries meeting in Argentina said there was an “urgent need” to improve the World Trade Organization, a joint statement said on day before yesterday. With U.S. President Donald Trump readying tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese goods, the ministers said they were “stepping up the dialogue” on…
By Sheersho Zaman Picture this: A dark room, two adults whispering while standing at the door as light crawls in. They leave, closing the door. Suddenly there are traces of movement within the sheets of the bed in the room. A little boy rises from the bed and lights his torch. He takes out the…
Kabir Humayun: Detec-tives detained a student from Cumilla early yesterday in connection with a ‘leaked phone conversation’ with BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury. The arrestee was identified as Milhanur Rahman Naumi, son of Siddiqur Rahman, hailed from Deura village in Barura upazila, UNB reports. The detainee has completed his Bar-at-Law from a…
Desk Report: Dr. Isima Sobande was in medical school when she first heard of mothers who bleached the skin of their babies.She dismissed it as an urban myth. But it wasn’t long before she saw it with her own eyes. At a health centre in Lagos, a mother brought in a two-month-old infant who was…
Desk Report: People of Chittagong could be using Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) this week as the authorities have finally been able to pump the imported LNG, on a ship anchored in the Bay, into the Matarbari reservoir in Moheshkhali through an undersea pipeline, reports The Daily Star. An official of Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Limited…
Desk Report: Uber, the world’s largest on-demand ride-sharing company, announced the launch of ‘Safety Toolkit’, a consolidated and comprehensive set of features in-app for riders in Bangladesh, within months of its US rollout, reports Daily Star. Keeping technology at the heart of Uber’s approach, the safety toolkit is aimed at building on the existing safety…
India Vs South Africa was a do or die match for these two teams. The point table made the match as a knock out game. India earned the victory by 8 wickets. South Africa went to bat first. De kock 53(72), Hasim Amla 35(54), Du plessis 36(50) added some runs for the team….
Nusrat Jahan Did you know that every day you are killing yourself little by little? You probably do not even know that the daily good you are very reliant on are actually very harmful. Here is a list of few harmful things you probably did not know was bad for you. Perfumes: Toxic chemicals like…
Samiul Bashar Samin Decades before Instagram and iPhones, Bill Cunningham was the godfather of street-style photography. The longtime fashion photographer for The New York Times who died Saturday at the age of 87 didn’t care about celebrity for celebrity’s sake. The latest movie and TV stars in the front row at fashion shows held no…
Brigadier General M Sakhawat Hossain speaks to DOT : The Election Commission (EC) has cancelled 786 nominations until December 2 during its scrutiny process before clearing candidates to contest for the general elections. Aspiring candidates whose nominations have been cancelled by the returning officers then filed appeal at the EC challenging the rejection to run…